Chapter LXVIII. *Granting the Right of Way to the St
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Chap. LXVIII.— An Act *Granting the Right of Way to the St. Louis and Iron Mountain Railroad Company, and for Other Purposes.* Feb. 14, 1853. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the right of way, sixty Right of way at St. Louis granted to the St. Louis and Iron Mountain Railroad.feet in width, through the lands in which the St. Louis arsenal, the St. Louis marine hospital, and Jefferson barracks are situated, in the State of Missouri, be and the same is hereby granted to the St.
Louis and Iron Mountain Railroad Company, for the construction of a railroad from the city of St. Louis through said lands: *Provided,* That the location of said road through the lands aforesaid shall be made subject to the approval Provisos.of the Secretary of War: *Provided further,* That said location can be made without injury to the public interest in the opinion of the Said Secretary of War. Right of way at Cleveland granted to the Cleveland and Pittsburg Railroad, and to the Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That the right of way be and the same is hereby granted to the Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad Company, and also the right of way to the Cleveland, Painesville, and Ashtabula Railroad Company across the hospital grounds, so called, belonging to the United States, in the city of Cleveland, in the State of Ohio; the width of each of said roads across said hospital grounds not to exceed sixty feet where said roads are now respectively located: *Provided,* That said conveyances can, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Treasury, be made without detriment to the interests of the United States: *And provided further,* Provisos.That the said grant shall be and is hereby made subject to such conditions as the said Secretary of the Treasury shall impose on the said companies respectively, for the protection and security of the grounds from abrasions by the waters of Lake Erie: *And provided further,* That whenever the said roads shall be discontinued or abandoned, or the conditions of this grant shall be violated, all rights under this act shall cease and determine.
Right of way across the Allegheny arsenal grounds granted to the Allegheny Valley Railroad. Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* That the right of way shall be and hereby is granted to the Allegheny Valley Railroad Company for the road of the said company over and across the grounds of the United States at and near the Allegheny arsenal, in the county of Allegheny, and State of Pennsylvania: *Provided,* That the route of the said railroad across the said grounds shall be approved by the Secretary of War before the same is entered upon for the purpose of constructing said railroad: *And provided further,* That the same can be granted without detriment to the public interest in the opinion of the Secretary of War.
Approved, February 14, 1853.